CNN Pounces on ‘Controversial’ Limbaugh Comments on Clinton/Obama Ticket

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NewsBusters.org - Media Research CenterWednesday’s "The Situation Room" brought on three Democratic operatives to denounce "controversial" remarks made by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show earlier in the day, with only one conservative/Republican, CNSNews.com’s Editor-in-Chief Terry Jeffrey, on to defend the top-rated radio talk show host. Limbaugh’s apparent offense was when he brushed aside talk of a possible joint ticket between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. "Let’s say put Hillary on top, that’s a position she is familiar with. Therefore you’ve got a woman and a black, first time ever on the Democrat ticket. They don’t have a prayer."

Democratic strategist Donna Brazile blasted Limbaugh during a segment about 50 minutes into the 4 pm Eastern hour of the program. "I think that comment is, as far as I can tell, a very un-American conversation.... [A]nd to suggest somehow or another that we are not capable of serving this country in the capacity of Commander-in-Chief is just, in my mind, mind-boggling."

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Host Wolf Blitzer then asked Jeffrey for his take on the comments. Jeffrey admitted that he hadn’t heard Limbaugh’s program earlier in the day, and asked for the context of the comments. "I know on his program, where he has an opportunity to speak for, sixteen, seventeen, twenty minutes in a row sometimes, he makes very sophisticated arguments, lays out an argument that takes more than a sound bite to get across ." Jeffrey then voiced his own disagreement with Limbaugh’s position, that "a Clinton or Obama ticket could get elected, or an Obama/Clinton could get elected." He then voiced his opposition to such a theoretical pairing. "I don’t want that ticket elected, because of their views on policy issues, which are way to the Left."

Just over a half hour later, Blitzer played an extended cut of Limbaugh's remarks, and had former Dallas, Texas mayor Ron Kirk, an Obama supporter, and former Hillary Clinton press secretary Lisa Caputo on to discuss the possible Democratic "dream ticket." Blitzer asked Kirk for his reaction to Limbaugh. The former mayor answered using a paraphrase of the title of Al Franken's anti-Limbaugh book. "You know, it's the first time I heard it, but I think -- who was it who wrote the book 'Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Jerk,' whatever it was? I mean, why are we talking about this guy? Why is he on TV? He is so irrelevant, and he only says stuff to be inflammatory. And frankly, the best thing that could happen to either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, should they be the nominee, would be for Rush Limbaugh to keep saying stupid stuff like this."

Blitzer then asked Caputo to comment, and she was just as blunt as Kirk. "I think that the voter turnout in these primaries and caucuses for the Democrats, I think, is an indicator of how Democrats feel about both candidates, and I think Rush Limbaugh is absolutely delusional if he thinks at ticket like that doesn't have a prayer."

—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.


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Rush, God Bless You

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Not A Prayer

No doubt, the media will spend the next few days trying to portray Limbaugh as both sexist and racist.  The message will be "see this is what evil Republicans are like".

 

Well Limbaugh said

Well Limbaugh said it....

Anyone that dares say that Obama or Hillary can't be good Presidents will need to apologize all the time until election day.

How dare anyone claim that a woman or a black man can't make good Presidents?  how dare he?

Of course, it is not about the color of their skin or what's between the legs, rather that Obama and Hillary are super, duper Liberals, socialists and communists.  But leave it to CNN to allow their pro-communist guest to rant and rave and say stupid things.

I believe it escapes CNN and its guests that it was them that made the un-American comments and who made stupid assumptions.

but Limbaugh said, Republicans need to be ready to apologize every other day for making any type of political attack on a woman and a black man. 

Of course, I suspect that McCain will now go out and apologize for Rush Limbaugh's comments and agree with CNN. 

I am sick and tired of Republicans not having a back bone!
I suspect that Limbaugh will have a field day tomorrow with this.

If Limbaugh is so irrelavent, why is CNN talking about him and having two Democrats talk about him.  The moron that claimed he was irrelavent should have refused to get on CNN to talk about Limbaugh, right? 

Liberals=dumb.

A conservative woman (if

A conservative woman (if there is such a thing) and/or a conservative black man (think Michael Steele, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams) would make great presidents.

Just not this particular communist woman and marxist black man.

 

There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745

To quote:

"He is so irrelevant, and he only says stuff to be inflammatory." If he's so irrelevant, why are they talking about him? People are beginning to see what both these folks "stand" for, and they won't vote (to elect) for either, seperatly or together. This years' election, however, will truly be "voting for the least common denominator"., when it comes to libs or rinos, however, a 50% solution is better than a socialist solution.

 

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

What was the full context?

What was the full context? Did Rush say why he thought they wouldn't have a chance?

I heard this comment while

I heard this comment while driving today. In the context I understood, he meant that they would both bring their negatives (controversies) as running mates and would thereby be easier to defeat. He had been talking about their negatives (hers being higher) before this and how they would "bloody" each other before the convention. In NO WAY did I hear him imply it was because of their race or gender. This is just plain old mischief by deliberate misinterpretation being played by the media.

Chris... Exactly. I

Chris...

Exactly.

I share your sentiments...don't know if you read my post yet below, but you will see what I mean.

Just read your comment BT.

Just read your comment BT. It sounds like neither of us registered anything controversial in Rush's remarks. My eyebrows didn't go up when I heard his comments, did your's? He was being very serious answering a caller who didn't like him encouraging Hillary to go forward in the primaries and was worried that an OBama /Clinton ticket would be impossible to beat.
You're right, the media has decided to go after Rush with any crap they can squeeze from his comments. They've already shown that they don't understand Rush, but I know, in instances like this, they are deliberately MISunderstanding him. I'm getting tired of these jerks.

I heard this on Rush today

I heard this on Rush today too, and like both of you, I only heard him talking about both their negatives. He was discussing the disadvantages of having her at the top of the ticket, and the disadvantages of having him at the top. He was making a case that neither combination was unbeatable. It had nothing to do with race and gender (but we all know Rush is a racist and a sexist, don't we?)

And what's with Brazile and the "we" again???

A]nd to suggest somehow or another that we are not capable of serving
this country in the capacity of Commander-in-Chief is just, in my mind,
mind-boggling.
(emphasis added)

Who's the WE?????

I forgive Rush for just

I forgive Rush for just about any mistakes he *might* have made in the past (not that I can think of any).  I am SO PROUD OF RUSH right now I am speechless.  Thank Goodness there is one sane man left in broadcasting.

"that's a position she is

"that's a position she is familiar with."

Yeah..."proud" was what I was gonna say, too. 

Despite Rush's sense of

Despite Rush's sense of humor, I didn't hear anything salacious in his tone when he said this. I interpreted his comment as being about Hillary wanting to be the boss and not second banana. He had commented earlier that she wouldn't settle for anything less than the top job. If other are intent on reading sexual offensiveness into everything said, that's their problem. This is getting tiresome.

Chris... Very tiresome

Chris...

Very tiresome indeed.

If you say so, that's good

If you say so, that's good enough for me.

boa... LOL! That's a

boa...

LOL!

That's a first isn't it?

bt...is your sarcasm

bt...is your sarcasm detector on the fritz?

mb... LOL, of course

mb...

LOL, of course not...I should of said I was being sarcastic to boa when I posted but I am quite sure he knew it...if you know what I mean....still chuckling here...

Huh, I thought MB meant she

Huh, I thought MB meant she thought I was being sarcastic (which I wasn't).

Well, you did sound

Well, you did sound sincere. Bal was obvious. ;-)

OK I feel better now.

Hey now! There are some

Hey now! There are some people whose opinions I trust. If CN says that Rushashana meant it that way, I'm inclined to believe him.

That's right, I say so. I

That's right, I say so. I also say, "give me money". :)

Never ceases to amaze me

Never ceases to amaze me how Democrats like Balbo do not listen to Rush, they take their news about Rush from the Liberal media. 

they turn around and attack Rush for quotes taken out of context....yet because the Liberal media doesn't say a word about Liberal radio personalities like Bernie Ward, individuals like Balboa don't attack Bernie Ward.

It would do you and any other Democrat or Liberal attacking Rush to get acquainted with Bernie Ward....if you think Rush is bad because of what comes out of his mouth, you should be embarrassed by the Liberal commentator for what he was doing and storing in his computer at home. 

Not that the ACLU or NAMBLA would care.....

 

If your man Jon Stewert said this...

 you would never make this comment. You would also laugh it up and talk amongst your friends about how funny it is.

 

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”  - Thomas Jefferson

I don't know what preceeded

I don't know what preceeded the comment that has "Bobo" Brazile so up in arms, so I won't comment until I know more.

I will say, though, that Bobo Brazile is the ultimate party hack.  I have heard James "Snake" Carville be candid on occasion concerning Republicans.  I have NEVER heard similar candor from the lips of Bobo.  Whatever she says is pure partisan politics.

(Apologies to Big Time Wrestlers and their fans) 

RRAM Tough! 

Yo, stratman!!

Didn't Bobo Brazile wrestle Bruno Samartino back in the early '60's?

 

You got that right! I

You got that right!

I remember watching wrastling as a kid in the late 60's and very early 70's.  It made me laugh, like Roller Derby too.

I had completely forgotten, or maybe never really noticed race back then, but Bobo was black.  All I cared about was if it was fun before changing the channel to something else. 

From Wikipedia:

Houston Harris[citation needed] (July 10, 1924January 20, 1998)[citation needed] was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Bobo Brazil. Harris was credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling. Harris is considered one of the first successful African-American professional wrestlers, and is often referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of professional wrestling."

Originally, Houston was to be known as "Boo-Boo Brazil", but a promoter misprinted his first name as "Bobo" in a print advertisement and it stuck.

Early in his career, some wrestling promoters would match Brazil against fellow African-American wrestlers. Fans clamored to see Brazil face opponents of any type and Brazil would have many matches with competitors such as Killer Kowalski, Dick the Bruiser, Johnny Valentine, and The Sheik, who feuded with Bobo over the course of several decades. These and other rivals would all fall victim to Brazil's finishing maneuver, the Coco Butt (which was a headbutt). Brazil also once wrestled André the Giant to a draw, and challenged Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship in a battle of two top babyface competitors. On October 18th, 1962 Bobo Brazil made history by becoming the first Black American to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title by defeating "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers. (This distinction is often mistakenly given to Ron Simmons). Although Bobo Brazil initially refused the title (because of an "injury" that Rogers had claimed to have), Brazil was awarded the title the next day after doctors had found nothing wrong with Rogers. However, this title change is not recognized by the NWA. [1]

Brazil served as a mentor to wrestler "Soulman Rocky Johnson".

Brazil's manager was James Dudley, the first African-American to be in charge of a major arena in the United States. Dudley would run to the ring waving a towel, as Brazil followed behind.

Brazil was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1994.

In a way, Bobo Brazil with his "Coco Butt" did more for American racial parity and unity than Donna Brazille has. 

RRAM Tough! 

More famous wrestlers, stratman

Another famous wrestler at the time was Antonino Rocca. He claimed he found the secret to living forever.

Eat eggs.

A dozen eggs a day - raw.

He died at age 56.

Then there was the Von Hess brothers, Johnny Walker, Miguel Torres . .

Don't get me started. My dad took me to all the wrestling programs at Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, NY back then.

Great memories.

Ironically funny story. I

Ironically funny story.

I wonder if that was where the raw egg eating Rocky Balboa idea came from?

Sounds like you have some wonderful memories of being with your father.  Excellent!

RRAM Tough! 

I heard Rush's show

I heard Rush's show today....

I heard the two shows of the Situation Room which was a rarity for me, I usually turn the channel to Hardball after the first hour...

Nevertheless there is absolutely nothing controversial in what Rush said today....the msm is going to go after Rush and go after him hard...

Some on Both sides of the aisle will be glad for it and are working hand in hand with the msm to do just that...McCain, Lott and others are wishing Rush would shut-up for example. 

Think about it...they are going to attempt to slowly shut Rush up with a vengeance...this will be their Fairness Doctrine before they attempt to try to pass it again with the next President, no matter who it be at this point of the game.

Rush made some great points today about getting Hillary the win with his aide....along with some great thinking conservatives from states like Texas that voted for her...this and this alone is what they are so angry about...his influence...they can attempt to color it any way they like. 

They won't stop with Rush either. 

Well that's the big fat elephant in the room.

Well that's the big fat elephant in the room isn't it? Rush's guest host alluded to the fact yesterday. The United States hasn't yet passed the mile stone where its ready to elect an African-American or female President. When that time comes, we will know months if not years in advance. It won't be a close poll. It will be a 80% - 20% poll. The Wilder factor won't even enter into the picture.

Its quite typical of the loony left to stone a heretic for simply stating the truth.

Oh that is silly

Oh that is silly nws...

this country would elect a woman or a person of any stripe...just not an empty vessel-ed leftist.

Its not silly- it might not be right, but its not silly.

Its a valid point. You might not agree with it and you might dispute the existence of the Wilder/Bradley effect. But the discussion of it is far from silly. What is silly is dismissing it without a cogent refutation of it.

Sad, but true.  McCain has

Sad, but true.  McCain has this in the bag.  Think about it for a moment, Democrat's that support Obama think of Hillary as a witch.  Democrats that support Hillary over Obama despise the fact that he has challenged "her RIGHT to the Presidency".  Do we *really* think that after the primaries, the Clintonites will support the Obama's and vice-versa?  I think not.

McCain to Condemn ... ?

How long will it take for John McCain to condemn and disassociate himself from Limbaugh's remarks?

Same idea, but I would

Same idea, but I would phrase it differently:

How long will it take for someone in the MSM to confront  McCain with Rush's remarks, and demand that he denounce them and distance himself from them?

  It doesn't matter if

  It doesn't matter if McCain appologizes.  This election will not be about McCain. He will only hurt himself by being negative.  The majority of the country already knows John McCain as a qualified leader thanks to years of positive promotion by the msm.  It will be difficult for them to now tear him down without being obvious they are shilling for the dems.  This election is about whether the country is in the mood for either BO or hillary.  Any negative vibes about them will cause the country to get skittish about trying something completely new and will go McCain as a known and trusted choice.

Controversial? If this is

Controversial?

If this is what they consider controversial then we need to just discard 'truth' from any and all conversations concerning Dems.

What a bunch of DOLTS!

"Abstain from McCain"

  I was listening to

 

I was listening to Rush today -- again, liberal dunces distort the context.  Rush is very much relevant, so much so, he tilted the outcome of a tight race by pointing out how keeping the wife/chief apologist of a disgraced, disbarred, impeached serial rapist/molester on the Democratic ticket would confound the pandering and political slight of hand offered by an unabashed socialist and rank amateur.

Only a complete idiot would give (re: Democrat) a Clinton/Obama - Obama/Clinton a snowball's chance to succeed.  Of course, lots of Democrats can't spell snowball anymore -- global warming has melted their brains. 

 

spider,

I heard this today, as well.

What the dinosaur media fails to deliver, though, is both the context, and the continuation of Rush's comments.

When I heard it, of course I thought "this is going to be another huge condemnation"....and then I figured, as usual, Rush will turn this lemon into lemonade.  The man is a genius.

The whole conversation had to do with Hillary's "negatives" vis-a-vis Obama's negatives.  The spectacular turnaround in "nuance" by the lib media is just bloody typical.

I'm going to have to arrange to be out of my office tomorrow, tooling around, so I can listen to Rush's response...it ought to be great! 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

  Thank God for Rush

 

Thank God for Rush 24/7.  I can miss a show, then go home and stream the whole thing -- commercial free -- off the 'net.

Rush knows everything he says is being monitored by a bushel of left wing twerps trying desperately to distort or confuse the context of his comments.  I don't bother watching CNN or MSNBC because of the sheer lunacy (bias on a galactic scale) their programming contains.  Rush spends his day popping liberals and their media flacks on the end of their noses.

I just wish he'd close his fist one day -- a bloody nose would do those morons a world of good. 

 

Trouble is...

Mr. Limbaugh won't be on tomorrow (Thursday). I think Mark Belling is sitting in.

"I'd rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the Boston
telephone directory than the 2,000 faculty at Hardvard Unversity." -
William F. Buckley Jr.

I dont get it.

I neither like/dislike Rush.I dont listen to his show.I just dont understand the problem with what he said.So what was so god awful terrible about what he said?Must of been a slow day in the newsroom.

Why does Rush think a

Why does Rush think a Hill/Obama ticket couldn't win? Not sure about his logic on this, because I think they have as good a chance at winning as either of them have running separately.

Now, I doubt they WILL run together, but I don't doubt that they could win if they did. I just hope to heck that they don't.

Rush thinks that Hillary

Rush thinks that Hillary already has such high negatives that she will be a weak candidate. He thinks her campaign will drive Obama's negatives higher over the next couple of months, so that by the time of the convention they both will be waekened and vulnerable. I'm not positive he's 100% right in his prediction, but that's his rationale. He also doesn't think McCain will play any role in driving up either of their negatives.

Thanks, Chris

I heard this today as well, and replied to another poster...but my response was not nearly as well phrased as yours.

If McCain is smart, he won't touch this argument with a ten foot pole....and he'll follow El Rushbo's advice to the letter.

Hillary is going to take down the party in her pursuit of the gold ring.  I, for one, will cheer her on as the Clinton Machine goes horribly off the rails...and she destroys the best candidate the dems have floated in a long, long while. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Aw shucks, I tend to focus

Aw shucks, I tend to focus better when I'm ticked off. I think besides Hillary's blood lust for the presidency, is her outrage that Obama is getting more glowing treatment than her - glowing treatment that she had gotten used to. I think she's now hell bent on Obama getting "the treatment" from the press. However, any negative treatment she's received is just over her losses in the primaries - not from any fresh coverage of her past scandals, etc. You're right, the Clintons will burn down the party before they relinquish their top spots.

But, aren't these things

But, aren't these things going happen whether they run together or not?

Well, no. One of them will

Well, no. One of them will disappear from the radar if they aren't on the ticket. A new face as veep nominee won't be "bloodied" from the primary fight and McCain's campaign won't be the one to "bloody" him or her in the general - he's already shown that.

Chris, I said in another

Chris, I said in another thread that there is no way she will take the #2 spot because she knows it's her ticket to oblivion. If Obama wins, she will be too old in 8 yrs. The Republicans gave it to McCain, just like they gave it to Dole: because they "deserved" it. Democrats aren't sentimental like that. For that reason she would probably choose to go back and make her stand in the Senate.

Obama, on the other might be convinced totake Veep, since he's young. But, having had a taste of Messiah worship, I don't know that he would be willing to settle.

"But, having had a taste of

"But, having had a taste of Messiah worship..."

And I don't see Hillary and Bill willing to play "Mary and Joseph" to Obama's... :)

McCain's campaign won't be

He [Rush] also doesn't think McCain will play any role in driving up either of their negatives.

McCain's campaign won't be the one to "bloody" him or her in the general - he's already shown that.

Hell, we'll be lucky if McCain, in an effort to have a "civil" contest, doesn't actually end up campaigning FOR her or him!

motherbelt . . . If Obama Wins

McCain in True Reach across the Aisle Fashion, will Ask Hillary to be his VP.   Then McCain will have Elvis on his side, campaigning for his wife.

And Obama will only have Michelle on his side.

The North Carolina (John Edwards) Primary looms large...Will Edwards pledge his delegates to ? ? ? and push them over the edge for the Nomination ?

He might just be sucker

He might just be sucker enough to do it, but there is no way she's settling for a #2 spot. Not after years of playing handmaiden to Bill for a shot at the brass ring.

mb

Get the duct tape ready...the plot thickens.

I'd forgotten all about the Breck Girl. 

How many delegates does he have, anyway?

Agree w/you....Hillary has already choked on years and years in the #2 spot. 

There is no way, no way at all, she'll go there.

She'll tear the party asunder before she'd ever consider it.  Much to my amusement, BTW.

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

The Breck Girl? Do you

The Breck Girl? Do you really think he has a chance to get picked? He'd be a rerun. Do his delegates have to go to who he endorses? Still, it's a very strange year...

Wow, NOOOOO Chris

Not to be picked at all...that never crossed my mind.

But, he does have a few delegates, yes? He's looking for a job like the AG (for a creepy tort lawyer...that's pretty heady stuff....maybe he is even angling for a Supreme job...who the hell knows?) 

Unlike Romney, and Huck last night, he hasn't endorsed anyone in his party, has he?  He's holding it all close to the belt....to try to gain an advantage.

And, I just saw that between Florida and Michigan...there are 366 (yes, that is a correct number) delegates that Hillary will try to have seated in her favour.  That will take her over the top.  And if she's successful...lookout, the streets will run with blood. 

Oh jeez...one of Hil's "surrogates" (the latino mayor of LA is on the tube talking out his a$$).....Too funny.

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Blonde, And in her

Blonde,

And in her desperation to get delegates at any cost, we may see Hillary mowing the lawn on Saturdays at the Edwards' plantation...

Wow, Wow, Wow....

Both sides of the (D) party are already crying "stealing the election".

Rush is the master of disaster...he predicted this, but I never thought it would come to fruition so soon.

ROTFLMAO!

I'm thinking along the lines of "hens coming home to roost", or somesuch! 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Blonde, Take it away

Rush is the "Master of Disaster". I love it!

Well, Delsa

Rush is our good neighbour.

And yes...he is....the "Master of Disaster"...too bad for the flip side...he knows them better than they know themselves...LOL. 

I just loved the uproar today about him "meddling" in Texas and Ohio.

The man is a LION. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

The Lion King

 I simply loved your perfect description of the King and Lion he is.

When they said Hillary got her white male voter back in Ohio I had to laugh.

 

Delsa...

I am extending an invitation to you....in November...let's vote, then get together and watch the returns....somewhere between Davie & Pompano?

It should be sublime!

Maybe, together, we can remove the shame of being from "hanging chad" Broward County".

 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Election night

Sounds great. Weren't the hanging chads in Palm Beach?

Ofcoarse they made us all count but it was the blind voters in Palm beach that could not push that tiny little chad out of the hole.

Nope, Dels

Hanging chads were right here....at the Governmental Center on the corner of Broward & 3rd Ave.

The Butterfly Ballots were in Palm Beach.

I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of being the voting laughing stock of the country.

So, we can make Hillary bow to us.  Hoping, anyway.

 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

I thought the hanging chads

I thought the hanging chads were a hangover from palm beach. I guess palm beach just got the ball rolling.

We did not know how to count those hanging little things. Were they a punch out or were they a mistake?

I remember how stupid those inspectors looked attempting to decide.

I can laugh now but oh my God.

When they said Hillary got


When they said Hillary got her white male voter back in Ohio I had to laugh.

She got him back? What was his name?

Blonde...OMG...I didn't

Blonde...OMG...I didn't realize Florida and Michigan had that many delegates...oh, for sure she will ahve them seated, by hook or by crook. And the Breck Girl!! I had forgotten about him! He will certainly want to be cast as the "Kingmaker."

Oh, yes, the plot thickens....

Double double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.....

It's burnin' and it's bubblin'....LOL

You gotta love libs...it was fine for Kos to tell them to go cross over and meddle, but when the shoe is on the other foot, they yell foul.

As for your idea
"hens coming home to roost", or somesuch!

I'm going with my favorite: Hoist on their own petard!

Karma's a bitch. LOL

 

mb

Do you think old Willy's "bi**ches* knew about Hillary...when they were boiling up toil and trouble?

I think Billy O'Shake needs to recast that line...."liberals burn and Bambi fumbles".

I kind of love it, and hate it, that Florida is in the sights of the nation again, about an election.

And, just because I can get away with it...to quote Bette..."fasten your seatbelts...it's going to be a very bumpy ride".

Bring it on dems!

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Blonde, I was concerned with

Blonde, I was concerned with Rush pushing the desirability of a bloody Democrat fight to decide the nomination. I'm superstitious enough to worry that, when you say it out loud, about the same time, they would tone it down a little. It doesn't look like that's the case yet. Oh, please...

Chris,

Enjoy the high mountain desert.

It's all good.

Rush is usually fifteen moves ahead of the rest of us....and when I say "us", I mean the political junkies.

It's all good.

BTW...a "chick" editorial comment....did anyone else notice Hillary in the Nancy Reagan suit yesterday? Then she removed a piece of it...and it was TOTALLY red.

Today, she was on the nets in a neutral, totally ugly thing.

I'd kick her to the curb, just for her lack of fashion sense....but seriously, I think there is some sort of subliminal thing going on.

Anyway....I will enjoy the sinking of the Clinton Ship....although I would have preferred a total flameout of the aircraft.

 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Just how many fashion and

After a false Spring here this past weekend, it's gotten cold as you-know-what again. Maybe snow tonite.

Just how many fashion and style phases has Hillary gone through, anyway?

she switches almost daily.

she switches almost daily. It seems on the news shows, it's the sedate browns and blacks and grays. On the stump, she goes bright.

BTW, one of the news shows today had up the "cleavage" shot for some reason or other, I forget why. I'll say it again...that's not cleavage, that's a breastbone...and it's not attractive even on young Hollywood stars, nevermind a 60-year-old woman!

All I could think was: AAARGH! My rods! My cones!!!

I'll bet that didn't "poll" very well, since she hasn't done it again!

mb

Spot-on.  Pass the duct tape, please. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Duct tape? Heck, pass the

Duct tape? Heck, pass the blindfold!!

BTW, I just came across a pic of that RED suit!

Actually she does look better in the bright colors, but just because I know it's all part of the "makeover plan" it annoys the heck out of me.

They cant win because..

They can't win because of the millions of people that live 40 miles or more from urban centers that say "I ain't voting for no black guy" or "I ain't voting for no woman." Excuse the stereotypical bad grammar, but its only to make the point, its a primal decision.

In spite of MSNBC, most people in this country are NOT urban Chicago. That might be heresy, that might be immoral, but its a fact.

Now if we all close our eyes, we can pretend its something else. But what's going to change?

  They can't win because

  They can't win because of the millions of people that live 40 miles or more from urban centers that say "I ain't voting for no black guy" or "I ain't voting for no woman."

I live 175 miles from downtown Chicago and in the last election I voted for the woman to be governor but Chicago went for the 'guy'.  I guess things ain't always what we's thinks they is.

  P.S.  in case you don't get out of the 'city' much... the Dukes of Hazards was just a TV show not a documentary.

The Dukes aren't

The Dukes aren't REAL????

I'll bet this wrestling fan thinks they are...


 

Geez motherbelt!

I hope this guy didn't breed.

I understand later that evening he attended an Obama rally and fainted.

MB

I am going to have nightmares after seeing that video ...shudders.

gee Donna.  That's not

gee Donna.  That's not "American"   But Keith Olberloon calling the President Bush a "fascist" "engaging in terrorism," a "liar" and "idiot in chief."   Is Jusssssssssssssssssssst fine.

 

 

Okay -

 It's pretty much official ... It's McCain for "our side".  He ain't "pretty", the way we'd have him, but he's "blood" ...  We just have to hope he picks a great Veep ... So, here goes ...

Yesterday's primaries, particularly in Ohio (NEVER misunderestimate OHIO again, MSM!) and Texas proved one thing ... WE'VE GOT THE POWER, people!  If we set our minds to it we CAN get this going our way.  It's the way it should be in this country ... Not lazy voters ... But voters with purpose and control.

 And when the campaigning starts for the general election, we also need to demand McCain NOT be censored by the MSM from telling the negative truths about his dem opponent.

Limbaugh might never stand up completely in support of McCain this election ... But he sure as hell will try and clear the road for the guy as best as he can ... and yesterday was proof/part of that.

 As to his "Hillary on top" comment today on the radio (which I heard), yeah, slight "sexual shading" there, but followed immediately by "control freak" replacing it before MY next heartbeat ...

Anyway, look for Obama/Hillary to start talking Fairness Doctrine again ... real soon ...

When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks

LOL drill... I too said

LOL drill...

I too said same thing about the Fairness Doctrine above somewhere...along with some other points.

he also said that obama

he also said that obama would be crazy to pick her as the vp cuz she would be undermining him at every move and probably head the impeachment proceedings......my ribs were sore from laughing ..the man is a genius

Obama and Clinton together will never happen.

Now these are just my thoughts, I’m not implying anything, but.. Obama would never take the VP position because he would look like the “token” ahhhhh black and Clinton would never take the VP position unless she had something up her sleeve. And Obama would never let Clinton take the VP spot because he knows how the Clinton’s “handle” some situations. Charles Ruff, Mary Mahoney, Vincent Foster, Ed Willey,, Etc…..It sounds way out there but I’m sorry, I think about it.

CalifMoe... I agree.

CalifMoe...

I agree. Hillary would not want someone on her ticket that speaks better than her. Obama would not put up with Hill and Bill always trying to hog the limelight. I could however see them in a cage fighting to the death. For this I would pay good money to watch. 

"Abstain from McCain"

Good for Rush.  Voicing an

Good for Rush.  Voicing an opinion on how that ticket would fair in the general election.  And here's Donna Brazille, calling it un-American?  And did Rush say "they are not capable of serving the country in the capacity of Commander-in-Chief," as Brazille has said he said?  Nope, he said the ticket wouldn't win.  He didn't say, in what's written in this thread, anything about their ability to do a job.  But leave it to a liberal to twist the comment to make it appear racist or sexist, which it was neither.

Then Ron Kirk calling Rush "irrelevant?"  Poll the nation on relevancy......Ron Kirk vs Rush Limbaugh.  Most would ask "who's Ron Kirk?".  LOL

ding-ding!

Ummm - speaking for myself... Who's Ron Kirk? Only Kirk I've ever heard of is James T. Kirk...

Let them waste their time

Let them waste their time talking about Rush..you think he cares?  He's got 'em just where he wants 'em.  If they're talking about Rush, they're not focusing on the things that could really harm our country.  Let 'em run with it. The blithering idiots in the MSM do not have a lick of sense between them.

Torches and pitchforks.

I'll tell you one thing for sure......IF there is any serious...really serious talk about implementing the Fairness Doctrine..I predict that there would be actual torches and pitchforks at the Capitol..shades of the French Revolution...

"Careful what you wish for"

Did anyone notice Hillary's comment to Rush today when asked by some MSM drone?

"Careful what you wish for Rush"...was her reply, and it was kind of a chilling way she said it to. When asked if there was anything else she kind of hesitated and said "No... That's All".

Well, I wonder what type of threats were insuated there.... "Fairness Doctrine" taking Rush out, IRS audits galore making Rush's life hell, planting info (or drugs) about Rush, or just plain 'ol doing a "Vince Foster" or "James McDougal" on him? Well, I'd have a chill up my spine with that *itch saying stuff like that to me...

Yes, I did, m36

It was a freaky moment.

Hillary is scarier than DinnerJacket.

Seriously.

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Hillary "Yo-Homeboy" Threats

You're absolutely right - when she said that it was just like some "gang-banga" rapster smirking into a camera with gold-plated teeth and basically saying "you're dead home-boy". All it needed was the weird "hook-em-horns" finger thing to complete the picture. You could tell by Rush's response that he knew she was throwing down the gauntlet seriously....

Of course Rush is right

Of course, Rush is right.  Separately, either HRC or BHO are going to lose.  But as a team, whoever is "on top" they DON'T have a prayer, because they will eat each other alive.

 It has nothing intrinsicly to do with race or gender, but with the almost inbred need for the left to think CONSTANTLY in those terms.  Everything is identity to the left.  HRC is not a presidential candidate . . . she is a female presidential candidate.  BHO is not a presidential candidate. . . he is a black presidential candidate.  And to the left, that is all that any "labelled" candidate or person is ever going to be.

 That is truly sad.

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It's funny, I seem to always

It's funny, I seem to always be listening to Rush when these so-called "controversial" statements are made, and I never hear anything controversial at the time he makes the statements.  I hear a man who is well-versed in making very subtle, but strong, points in his monologue and in his response to callers.  Often, these are points which will shoot right by anyone who is not really listening or does not care to understand them.  This is what makes Limbaugh so successful; he does not feel the need to beat his audience over the head with his message, like so many others in the media feel the need to do.  The media, either intentionally or through its own ignorance, does not convey most of what Rush says in a fair manner.  Very little of Rush's program would make much sense in short soundbites; yet, this is usually how he is presented by the msm.  I've been listening to Rush for years, and he rarely, if ever, says anything simply for its shock value.  Other pundits do this all the time (hello Keith Olbermann), but Rush simply does not operate in this fashion.  Unfortunately, Rush's enemies just do not really get him, so they apply characteristics they believe he possesses and draw erroneous conclusions from those assumptions.

Limbaugh continues to play

Limbaugh continues to play the MSM like a 100 piece orchestra, and they still don’t get what he is doing to them.

All he has to say is BOO!, and they fall all over themselves trying to discredit him, while all along it is they who are being discredited by their sophomoric foolishness.

poco

Perfect.

Sublimely perfect.

We should all enjoy both Rush as the maestro...and you as the spot-on critic.

Excellent. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Blonde

The compliment from you just made my day. Thank you.

You were the one....

who wrote the perfect words, my friend.

Thank you. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Hey, I got a compliment from

Hey, I got a compliment from Blonde earlier! A pretty good one, too! I'm taking it with me as I leave to pick up my pepperoni and green chile from Village Pizza. 'night all.

THE MSM WANTS TO CRUSH RUSH

BUT they cannot. They trash him because he is so profound.

I too heard his show while at my office today and he spoke the truth about a ticket with clinton/obama.

I do not think it will ever happen because she will never agree to the second spot and he is will be owed the top spot because of popular votes and the amount of delegates, minus super delegates, he has won fair and square.

 So the MSM is way out on this one.

Rush is RIGHT and the MSM is LEFT and wrong.

   Well... uhhh why can't

   Well... uhhh why can't hillary and obama be co-presidents?  Hillary was co-president for eight years with bill.

Co-presidents?

You are kidding i am sure but just in case you are not..

It is unconstitutional.

Obama will not take #2 and if you factor in Bill, he'd be #3

And hillary has been under a man for so long she will not take #2 either

 Be sides, Obama has all the numbers on his side. 

  Well yeah... I'm only

  Well yeah... I'm only joking.

  In fact, the concept that hillary was a co-president is a joke.

I don't think that it was

I don't think that it was very smart for Rush to say this. It's going to feed the left like crazy, I can just see it as more fodder that they can use to "show those unwitting folks that the conservatives/GOP really are racists and/or do think in racist ways." He should have just maintained his objections to their policies and how several are turned off by them. He simply should not have said that. Pure mistake on his part. Way to feed the fire, Rush. More liberal crap we have to deal with now.

And of course, how typical of CNN to take a trip into the bias blatancy zone by inviting along 4 'crats and one Republican to give a totally needed </sarcasm> assessment of a fragment of Rush's words.

 

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Grizzly Bear '08

We can safely assume, then,

We can safely assume, then, that Rush does not live his life worrying about what other people want to hear or pandering to the loud or the obnoxious.

I also think it is safe to say that his success was not achieved by a "don't rock the boat" philosophy.

It is Rush's show, ergo Rush can say anything he wants - we are not his advisors or campaign managers (remember, Rush is not running for office), we are his audience and his fans.  If he feels his career is not in jeopardy by stirring up the so-easily-stirred-up libs, then we should continue to enjoy him not catering to their delicate and toxic egos, and figure he knows what his business can withstand better than we do.

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"  - Shakespeare

Ron Kirk wishes Rush

Ron Kirk wishes Rush Limbaugh were irrelevant. Sorry, Ron, the people at large decide who and what is relevant, not some pissant former Dallas mayor. And, yes, Ms. Brazille, neither Obama nor Hillary are capable of serving the country as Commander-In-Chief, as they are too far to the Left. Jimmy Carter redux, at best.

 

Limbaugh controversy

I heard it when he said it and I thought everyone wouuld have a cow about the line, "Let’s say put Hillary on top, that’s a position she is familiar with."

Rush voiced his OPINION!

Wow! So now Rush Limbaugh isn't entitled to voice his opinion without being attacked?

Donna Brazile is no stranger to, "conversial," remarks herself.  She recently alluded to Bill Clinton making, "racist," remarks. Disagree with his opinion, fine. Don't accuse him of all kinds of baseless BS.

 Ridiculous.

  Here's a short

  Here's a short documentary on hillary's recent 'return from the dead' and a possible pairing with BO.

I love Donna Brazile

ozonecharlie

I love Donna Brazile. Isn't she just so cuddily and sincere?

The trouble with the Democratic pundits is that they don't really listen to what their critics say, especially someone like Rush.

Rush said it like it was. 

Now will we see Mr. O and Mrs. C as running mates?

The Democrats know that Rush is right. They get sooo excited when they are criticized. There is no humility in that party. 

Good night. 

 

Thatcher/Steele 2008

 "[A]nd to suggest somehow or another that we are not capable of serving this country in the capacity of Commander-in-Chief is just, in my mind, mind-boggling."

Well if she meant by "we" the (d)emocrat party, then it is true: they are not capable of serving this country either as dog catcher or Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces.

If it were Margaret Thatcher and Michael Steele running, that ticket would kick ass all throughout the election. They are trust worthy and would not do our country the kind of harm that either Rodham or Hussein would.

Keep talking Rush, make these bozos froth at the mouth.

You support the troops by supporting the mission! If you don't support the mission, have the guts to say you don't support the troops.

Thanks, AC...you cleared

Thanks, AC...you cleared something up for me!

I know you weren't addressing it specifically, but earlier in the thread I was wondering who Brazile meant by "we." I was wondering if it was the Imperial "We" and she was speaking for Clinton, or what.

Thinking she meant Democrats in general makes sense!

Thanks. Now I won't obsess about it all day! LOL

Well I am glad I could help

Well I am glad I could help mother. Now enjoy the day and don't watch any news programs and you will be happier for it :)

"If it were Margaret

"If it were Margaret Thatcher and Michael Steele running, that ticket would kick ass all throughout the election." 

What a glorious dream!  I am so devestated to have had to wake up from it!  And you absolutely, with that one sentence, showed why we are not racist or sexist.  Just specifically against Hillary (one individual) and Obama (one individual).

I guess the left's inability to recognize the value of the individual is the reason they always go immediately to the generalities.  It's so much more all-inclusive and fair!  (that last bit was me trying to channel the mind of a dem.  No surprise the reception was so poor - I'm not set up to receive on that frequency.)

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"  - Shakespeare

»→ Limbaugh plagiarizing?

Sorry, but Tuesday night Susan Estrogen already referred to her candidates as "a black" and "a woman".

So maybe Rush was just using the Preferred Democrat references.

It's certainly better than Barack Hussein Obama, don't you think?

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And >>------------------> Hillary used "On Top" in referring to

Hillary used the "ON Top" phrase in reponse to a question on a possible "Obama/Hillary" combined ticket....she used the same phrase as Rush....but I think she was plagerizing Rush...OR..she was making sexual advances towards Obamarama in Public...like Rush.

Only the MSM really knows the truth....that FOX News is On Top.     

»→ Right JayTee

I saw that segment.  After what that woman has been through with her cheating husband, I say "whatever gets her through the night".

Almost plagiarized John Lennon.

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What the heck are these "analysts" reading?

Rush's comment: "Let’s say put Hillary on top, that’s a position she is familiar with. Therefore you’ve got a woman and a black, first time ever on the Democrat ticket. They don’t have a prayer."

 Brazille's: "I think that comment is, as far as I can tell, a very un-American conversation.... [A]nd to suggest somehow or another that we are not capable of serving this country in the capacity of Commander-in-Chief is just, in my mind, mind-boggling."

First, ummm since when is free speech un-American?  Read Kos, DU, and HuffPo and see some of the things they say.

 But mainly, Rush says the ticket doesn't have a prayer, referring to being elected.  Brazille says Rush says they are not capable of serving as CiC.  Where in Rush's comment is the word capable or the implication of incapability of serving office?  THIS IS ALWAYS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH LIBERALS...THEY LACK BASIC READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS!!!

»→ Rush's analysis

I thought his angle was that if you're Obama, you don't want Hillary in the next room planning her coup d'état.

In other words, "they don't have a prayer" as a team

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First, ummm since when is

First, ummm since when is free speech un-American?

When you disagree with a Republican president, according to what I've read.

arrested?

So you were arrested for voicing your opinion lately? Please tell us did they torture you? Possibly they made you watch every season of Gunsmoke back to back until you broke.

»→ Agnostic

What he's heard are snippets on "Law and Order" and "Boston Legal".

Hence, it must be true.

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law and order

I watch Law and Order frequently (it is on 5 times on three channels every evening over a two hour period and that is just the reruns) and it is okay. If they mention a military veteran or Iraq I change the station because I know what is coming.

Who said anything about

Who said anything about being arrested? We were talking about being called un-American.

Who called you un-American?

Who called you un-American?

No one. But you can't tell

No one. But you can't tell me that people on here haven't claimed journalists, celebrities, et al, were un-American for being critical of the war.

Amazing

Keith Olberman, who hosts and even moderates debates, says much worse than this every night, yet somehow evades CNN's unbiased scrutiny.

Shows What I Know...

I thought the really "controversial" (i.e. funny) part of Rush's quote was how he said that being "on top" was a position Hillary was "familiar with".

Hee-hee-hee...